The treacherous and weak Obama is proposing an unprecedented sharp reduction to the US nuclear stockpile, including cutting up to 80 percent of America's deployed warheads. It would reduce the US nuclear deployment to the lowest levels since the 1950s.

Plans drawn up by the Pentagon raise the idea of cutting the US's strategic weapons from 1,550 to just 300. Other options include more modest cuts 700 or to 1,000, the Associated Press reported, citing a former administration official and a congressional aide. (The Telegraph)

The once and future president of Russia, that is. And that’s not all the new defense spending Putin is promising:Russia’s armed forces will receive over 400 modern intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs), more than 100 military spacecraft and over 2,300 new tanks within the next ten years, Prime Minister and presidential candidate Vladimir Putin said.

Earlier media voiced fears that by 2020, Russia’ ICBM arsenal could reduce by more than half as over 400 missiles would go beyond their maximum service life without timely replacement.

“Within the next decade, the armed forces will receive more than 400 modern ground- and sea-based intercontinental ballistic missiles, eight ballistic missile submarines, about 20 general purpose attack submarines, over 50 surface ships and some 100 military-purpose spacecraft,” Putin wrote in a new article for the Rossiiskaya Gazeta government daily.

He said the number will also include “over 600 modern aircraft, including fifth-generation fighters, more than a thousand helicopters, 28 regimental sets of S-400 [SA-21 Growler] surface-to-air missile systems, 38 division sets of Vityaz air defense systems, 10 brigade sets of Iskander-M (SS-26 Stone) tactical missile systems, more than 2,300 modern tanks, some 2,000 self-propelled artillery systems and guns, as well as more than 17,000 military vehicles.”

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President Promises Massive Nuclear Buildup If Reelected ...... Putin, that is

The treacherous and weak Obama is proposing an unprecedented sharp reduction to the US nuclear stockpile, including cutting up to 80 percent of America's deployed warheads. It would reduce the US nuclear deployment to the lowest levels since the 1950s.

Plans drawn up by the Pentagon raise the idea of cutting the US's strategic weapons from 1,550 to just 300. Other options include more modest cuts 700 or to 1,000, the Associated Press reported, citing a former administration official and a congressional aide. (The Telegraph)

The once and future president of Russia, that is. And that’s not all the new defense spending Putin is promising:Russia’s armed forces will receive over 400 modern intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs), more than 100 military spacecraft and over 2,300 new tanks within the next ten years, Prime Minister and presidential candidate Vladimir Putin said.

Earlier media voiced fears that by 2020, Russia’ ICBM arsenal could reduce by more than half as over 400 missiles would go beyond their maximum service life without timely replacement.

“Within the next decade, the armed forces will receive more than 400 modern ground- and sea-based intercontinental ballistic missiles, eight ballistic missile submarines, about 20 general purpose attack submarines, over 50 surface ships and some 100 military-purpose spacecraft,” Putin wrote in a new article for the Rossiiskaya Gazeta government daily.

He said the number will also include “over 600 modern aircraft, including fifth-generation fighters, more than a thousand helicopters, 28 regimental sets of S-400 [SA-21 Growler] surface-to-air missile systems, 38 division sets of Vityaz air defense systems, 10 brigade sets of Iskander-M (SS-26 Stone) tactical missile systems, more than 2,300 modern tanks, some 2,000 self-propelled artillery systems and guns, as well as more than 17,000 military vehicles.”